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National History Day Research @ UW Libraries: Welcome!

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Welcome to the UW Libraries! This guide helps History Day teachers and students navigate through the vast array of resources available at the UW Libraries.


INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

Arranging a class visit, pre-visit preparation suggestions, getting a borrower's card, visiting logistics & more

PRIMARY SOURCE STARTING POINTS

Chronologically arranged links to digitized primary source collections available at the UW Libraries

CHOOSING A TOPIC

Practical tips for choosing topics that work and will have sufficient primary sources.

TOPIC GUIDES

Perennially popular topics with recommended sources.

FINDING BOOKS @ UW LIBRARIES

How to use UW Libraries Search to identify relevant scholarly books and published primary sources

OTHER UW LIBRARIES & COLLECTIONS

LIBRARIANS

Please contact us if you have questions about this guide or about coming to the UW Libraries for your History Day research.

Email:uwhistoryday@uw.edu

  • Adam Hall - Manager, Reference & Research Services Operations [contact for school visits] 
    adamhall@uw.edu 
     
  • Aubrey Williams - History Librarian 
    aubreyjw@uw.edu
     
  • Jessica Albano - Communication Studies & Newspaper Librarian 
    jalbano@uw.edu
 
  • Conor Casey - Labor Archivist
    cmcasey@uw.edu
     
  • Anne Jenner - Pacific Northwest Curato
    ajenner@uw.edu 
     
  • Allee Monheim - Special Collections 
    amonheim@uw.edu

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